Tie holder and safety pin



Oct. 23, 1962 w. H. STENBY 3,059,298

TIE HOLDER AND SAFETY PIN Filed NOV. 24, 1959 F IG. 2

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United States Patent i 3,059,298 TIE HOLDER AND SAFETY PIN Walter H.Stenby, 98 Riverside Drive, New York 24, NY. Filed Nov. 24, 1959, Ser.No. 855,179 1 Claim. (Cl. 2449) The present invention relates to safetypins, and more particularly to a tie holder for attaching a tie to ashirt in such a manner that the device is not visible when worn, and ishidden from view by the tie, although the tie is securely held in adesired position.

There are three types of tie holders known. One type is a clampingdevice for clamping the tie and a front panel of the shirt between twoclamping members. The second type is a tack or needle perforating thetie and the shirt, and generally provided with some decorative elementappearing on front of the tie. The third type includes a clamping meansattached to the shirt, and a chain secured to the clamping means andsurrounding the tie to hold the same in place.

All tie holders according to the prior art have in common that a partthereof is located in front of the tie, covers part of the front surfaceof the tie, and is in full view when the tie is worn. This visibleportion of the tie holder is embellished by wide variety of ornamentaldesigns.

However, a great many men find the decorative function of tie holders tobe extremely undesirable and in bad taste. While they consider theoriginal function of the tie holder to be desirable or necessary, theydo not wish to wear decorative metal parts in front of their tie.

Particularly, the clamp type tie holder, and the chain type tie holderrequire rather large parts to be located in front of the tie. The clamptype tie holder requires a front part extending from the edge of a tiebeyond its center in order to permit clamping to the front panel of theshirt which is located behind the center of a tie. The chain type tieholder requires a chain extending across the entire front surface of atie.

The tack type tie holder may have a smaller visible part, which isfrequently provided with a pearl, stone, or monogram of smaller size.However, the tack type tie holder requires a piercing of the frontsurface and front layer of the tie, which after repeated wearing willspoil the tie, since evidently the needle will pierce diiferent parts ofthe tie whenever the same is put on.

It is the object of the present invention to overcome the disadvantagesof the known tie holders, and to provide a safety pin for attaching atie to a shirt or the like in such a manner that the tie holder is notvisible although performing its intended function.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a safety pin forattaching two sheet materials to each other.

With these objects in view, one embodiment of the invention comprisesclamping means for clamping one sheet material, such as the fabric of ashirt, and a pin piercing another sheet material, such as the rear layerof a tie.

Consequently, no part of the tie holder of the present invention engagesthe front surface of the front layer of the tie whereby the device iscompletely covered and hidden by the tie.

The novel features which are characteristic for the invention, are setforth in the appended claim. The invention itself and additional objectsand advantages there of will be best understood from the followingdescription of specific embodiments when read in connection with theaccompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view, and FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating a tieholder or safety pin according to the invention on an enlarged scale.

3,059,298 Patented Oct. 23, 1962 "ice Referring now to the drawing, aclamping pin member 2 is mounted at one end of a clamping member 1 forturning movement about a pivot pin 20. Clamping pin member 2 has aholding portion 21 including a first part 24 located opposite a handleportion 19 which forms part of clamping member 1, and a second part 22which curves toward the center portion of clamping member 1.

A curved pin portion 23 extends from part 22 and has a pointed endlocated opposite the other end of clamping member 1. A coil spring 3surrounds pivot pin 20 and has end portions abutting parts 19 and 24 andurging the end of clamping member 1 and the pointed end of pin portion23 toward each other. At the same time, part 22 is urged toward thecenter portion of clamping member 1.

Manual pressure on handle 19 and on the projecting part 24 separatesclamping member 1 from part 22 so that the front panel of a shirt can beinserted between these parts, whereupon the rear layers of a tie may bepierced by the curved pin portion 23 at two points so that the point ofpin portion 23 projects rearwardly out of the tie, and is locateddirectly opposite clamping member 1.

When handle 19 is released, the shirt is clamped between clamping member1 and clamping part 22, and clamping member 1 exerts pressure on thepoint of pin portion 23 so that the tie can not slip off the pin portion23.

The clamping pin member 2 is rigid, and since its pointed end is locatedopposite clamping member 1, injury to the wearer is prevented.

While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in atie holder, it will be understood that it may be use-d as a safety pin.

The invention is not intended to be limited to the illustrated details,since modifications and structural changes may be made without departingfrom the spirit of the present invention.

I claim:

A safety pin comprising an elongated clamping member; a clamping pinmember including a holding portion turnably mounted on one end of saidclamping member and having a first part projecting from said one end anda second part located opposite said clamping member, and a curved pinportion extending from said second part of said holding portion to theother end of said clamping member and having a pointed end located opposite said other end of said clamping member; resilient meansconnecting said one end of said clamping member with said holdingportion to urge said second part against said clamping member and saidpointed end against said other end of said clamping member; and a handlesecured to said one end of said clamping member projecting from the sameand located opposite said first part of said holding portion and adaptedto be manually gripped together with said first part so that saidmembers are turned to an open position, permitting the placing of afirst sheet material between said second part and said clamping mem herand the piercing of two spaced points of another sheet material by saidpin portion whereby said firstmentioned sheet material is clampedbetween said second part and said clamping member and said other sheetmaterial is attached to said first-mentioned sheet material when saidhandle is released and said second part and said pointed end are urgedby said resilient means toward said clamping member.

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